To celebrate Wake Forest’s ranking 11th in U.S. News and World Report for commitment to undergraduate teaching, Volunteer Service Corps (VSC) partnered with the Office of the Dean of the College to launch the “11 Days of Teaching Appreciation” social media campaign.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
A new, rigorous Interdisciplinary Humanities Pathway to Medicine Program offers guaranteed admission to Wake Forest Medical School for up to five undergraduates majoring in the humanities or fine arts.
Scott W. Klein, professor and chair of the English department, was recently named artistic director of the Secrest Artists Series, a signature performing arts series at Wake Forest. The 2013 series opens on Thursday, Sept. 12, with the Carolina Chocolate Drops in Wait Chapel.Categories: Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 Best Colleges guide ranked Wake Forest 13th among national universities with the best undergraduate teaching. But, the nearly magical interaction between professors and bright students is not limited to classroom, studio, stage or laboratory. Many faculty become mentors for students as they explore academic and extracurricular interests.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Casa Artom, Wake Forest’s residential study center on Venice’s Grand Canal, became a gathering place for artists, curators, collectors and art critics during the opening of La Biennale di Venezia this summer.Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery
Can you become more honest, courageous or kind by reading a book? Christian Miller, director of The Character Project, recommends six new books and three essays that reveal surprising truths about character and how to improve it.Categories: Research & Discovery
Arts and humanities are naturally woven into academics at Wake Forest. From a concert to promote environmental conservation and a student art buying trip to a Musicircus and an interdisciplinary symposium on biotechnology, students enjoyed opportunities to learn through a variety of lenses during the 2012-2013 academic year.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
In Ted Gellar-Goad's class, each student chooses a character from Graeco-Roman myth, writes spells, maps dungeons and earns experience points to gain levels while they learn to write Latin. It's all part of a semester-long journey based on game theory.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but this might not be the case for a honeybee. Just ask David Hale (’15), a sophomore biology major. Hale has been studying the relationship between brain structure and cognitive function in honeybees since his freshman year.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest graduate Wade Murphy (’00) is donating $1 million to support the Humanities Institute, extending the reach and impact of humanities and the liberal arts. Murphy is the youngest person in the University’s history to make such a large gift.Categories: Alumni, Research & Discovery, University Announcements